Presuming

Examples

• Don't talk about presuming, Ma, for goodness' sake. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Snagsby, presuming on the success of his last point, ventures to observe in a cheerful and rather knowing tone, No wings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The policeman and I agreed that our best plan would be to seize the woman before she could get rid of the papers, presuming that she had them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Now, first of all, presuming that the assassin entered the house, how did he or she come in? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You heard him sneer at my presuming to be scrupulous--you heard him say I had made a virtue of necessity in marrying him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His men cleanse their fingers on their woollen aprons before presuming to touch their foreheads to Mr Boffin or Lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Oh, the Turks invited him to Stamboul, and then cut off his head for presuming to set himself up as a rival to the Sultan. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Now from this double point our research must commence, and we will begin it by presuming that what the lad says is absolutely true. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Without presuming to give my opinion on this question, I delivered my message. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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